Analyzing the Physicochemical Characteristics of an Archaeological Glass Collection from Mexico City, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.30763/Intervencion.293.v1n29.72.2024Keywords:
Archaeometry, barrilla, tequesquite, glassmakers, vitrifyingAbstract
This paper is a preliminary study detailing the results of a chemical-physical analysis executed on 20 fragments of archaeological glass from Mexico City. The analysis was carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray microanalysis, two techniques not previously applied in Mexico for this purpose. Both the content of oxides and the sample’s physical characteristics allowed us to determine that approximately seventeen coincided with the types of components identified in European glass prior to the 18th century. The other three were identified as having come from a later period. The physical characteristics on the microscopic level were diverse and showed adhesions resulting from the effects of environmental degradation. This facilitates an analysis of oxide content and mechanisms of glass degradation that will allow us to further our understanding of this material’s production process in our country moving forward.
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